> One in 20 child strip-searches by police were not compliant with legal codes of practice in England and Wales over five years, a report by the Children’s Commissioner has found.
>More than 3,000 strip searches were carried out on children between 2018 and mid-2023, according to data gathered by Dame Rachel de Souza.
>On average, one child was strip-searched every 14 hours under police stop and search powers.
Why the practice of strip search? Are children, humans under 18 years of age and why strip search people?
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>I met a mother who says her 14-year-old son was strip-searched while in custody in the south of England without an appropriate adult present.
>He was arrested on suspicion of possessing cannabis but claims it was a small amount for personal use.
>”He was strip-searched and then left naked in the cell,” the boy’s mother said.
>He was diagnosed with autism in primary school and now, in his twenties, is living with psychosis, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
A mentally unwell young person stripped and left without dignity in the cell because he had a plant on him. Good work pigs, stopping the real criminals here.
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> One in 20 child strip-searches by police were not compliant with legal codes of practice in England and Wales over five years, a report by the Children’s Commissioner has found.
>More than 3,000 strip searches were carried out on children between 2018 and mid-2023, according to data gathered by Dame Rachel de Souza.
>On average, one child was strip-searched every 14 hours under police stop and search powers.
Why the practice of strip search? Are children, humans under 18 years of age and why strip search people?
>I met a mother who says her 14-year-old son was strip-searched while in custody in the south of England without an appropriate adult present.
>He was arrested on suspicion of possessing cannabis but claims it was a small amount for personal use.
>”He was strip-searched and then left naked in the cell,” the boy’s mother said.
>He was diagnosed with autism in primary school and now, in his twenties, is living with psychosis, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
A mentally unwell young person stripped and left without dignity in the cell because he had a plant on him. Good work pigs, stopping the real criminals here.